jonning us is meghan mccain, the author about the election, "dirty sexy politics" and joins me live this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> you've been making the rounds and pretty excited to be out there with this book because you just really were quite honest about your own shortcomings and what it is like to be on the campaign. how's this book been received? >> some people like me love it and some people hate it. it's really honest but my favorite campaign books were really honest. i was inspired by "grand loetding on the campaign trail yts and a few others and i thought i should be as honest as possible. >> what do your parents think of it? >> they love it. my father saw it and they love it. >> good for you. the interesting thing about it is we have been focusing on republican women this year. besides sarah palin, who sort of became a king maker, nikki haley, and now christine o'donnell in delaware. what do you think about these candidates? are you excited that they're representing women in the gop or do you think there are maybe better choices out there? >> i'm excited of more